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Sledite Paris Adventure!

Četrtek, april 1, 2010 z Webster Maryam

Moje letalo je v zagonu v le nekaj minutah! In sem jih ustvaril prostor, kjer lahko sledite moj Paris avanturo in se bo uporabil izključno za vas posodobitev za preostanek tega meseca. Tam boste izvedeli, kdo sem, srečanje, kaj cool mesta si lahko ogledamo skupaj in kako "Ali nemogoče" v vašem življenju preveč! Torej, do konca meseca, se lahko povežete tukaj:

http://maryamwebster.com/paris

Se vidimo tam!

Earth Hour

Četrtek 25 marec 2010 z Maryam Webster

Ali ste vedeli o Earth Hour? Skupina nas je bilo ležali na Navajo preprogo potiskane stoli v kavarni drugi dan, klepet o knjigah, mačke, otroci in koruza na osnovi plastike. Ugotovljeno je bilo, da Omlitaveo, polnega okusa klepet, da so ženske, ko udobno drug z drugim, temperature okolja, sitosti svojih prsi in nekateri znanje, da je pomemben drugi pa skrbi za otroke, kuhanje ali pridržkov.

Alois omenjeno Earth Hour in prostor začela brenčanje. Ali veste o tem? Ob 8:30 on March 27th,

(Da je to sobota, ljudje)

vsakdo, ki skrbi za okolje je prehod njihove luči off za eno uro, da se registrirajo mase zaskrbljenost in protest okoljske politike spremembe ne dogaja dovolj hitro. Govoril sem o naših pre-cycling/recycling prizadevanj in kolesarjenje JBear za delo. Iz postelje sem tekalne plasti bosih nog in udoben dom, obleke v mojo pisarno v dvorano, tako tehnično, sem prijazen ogljika preveč. ;-) Drugi so v kompostu kopice, biodizel, skupnosti kmetijstva in oskrbi otrok. Vsi smo zavzdihnila nad reminiscence na srčkan dolgih las hipi fantje v različnih občinah naše mladine.

Moj lokalni co-op stanovanjski projekt v Kolumbiji, Missouri se odpravlja mednarodni Anarchy revije. Ne, nisem ne hecam. In nenavadno je, da sem ga najdemo v Cambridge, v Angliji pa tam živijo, na alternativni knjigarni imenovano Grapevine. Prepoznal sem urednik, Slagač, kopirati fant (to je bila 80-ih, uma) in je šel skozi krizna intervencija usposabljanje z računovodjo revije. Vsi so reciklirani kot ponorelih kun, in imel celo nezakonite še vedno v kleti ene od hiš, ki varijo nekaj precej fine razredčila za barve se uporablja za pogon avtomobila oni 'gor opremljene, več desetletij, preden dejansko gasohol motorjev. Imel sem nepozabno dan v avto ..., o katerih vsaj rekel bolje.

Moje dekle J-je danes tukaj, na obisku Bay Area in ob usposabljanja. J. je neverjetno dama Zelo sem počaščen, da veš. Imeli smo lep peščica ur skupaj, klepetali udobno in reminiscing. Kot sem stara, sem tako globoko vrednost ton in tekstura teh zrelih žensk razmerij. To je tako izbiro, in tako mrki, kar sem mislil, globoko razmerja, ki se v moji mladosti. Huzar za nas middlin' let Broads. To je kul mesto. ;-) J obiti me ta video, ki se nanaša na pripombe zgoraj. Hvala za napotke ljubica - tvoja plemena je do čudovite stvari ...

Obstaja več na: http://www.fouryearsgo.org/

Naj grem tukaj za moj 50. rojstni dan?

Ponedeljek, 1 marec 2010 z Webster Maryam

V primeru, da ste zamudili vse namige sem bil padec na Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn in druge kraje, bom preživel svoj rojstni dan mesec april v Parizu, baby! Paris! (Pictoral obisk "nape spodaj) Ja, jaz grem hubby in kitties doma in nastop na all-inclusive American Woman's Dream Vacation o življenju za praznovanje, da enkrat v življenju marker za ženske:

STRUŽENJE 50 let
(Narejen to ... Vav!)

In ... ostanite z nami, ker bom, da bi omogočile, da prideš z mano. Ja, ste prebrali, da je pravilno,

Lahko greš v Pariz z mano!

Medtem ko vsi ne morejo skakati jet in priti na žive izkušnje, jo lahko preverite z mano, in ne bo treba zapustiti udobja vašega fotelj. Obljubim. Jaz ne bi šel, ne omogoča, da vse zainteresirane razvoja, preoblikovanje, LIVE ETHOS delavnico, nove prijatelje, gurmansko hrano, seksi poudarki in imajo dober čas, da priti na zabavo!

Danci na svoje klobuke: tam je več soka v tem baby kot celoten nasad polna svežih breskev!

Ste verjetno že veste, da je pred 25 leti sem bil ki jih je prizadela pijan voznik, je ohromila, pridobila več kot 150 £. In kako to take mi devet let hoditi, čeprav zdravniki rekel, da mi nikoli ne bi spet hoditi.

Bom poučevanje nekaj super-secrets o tem, kako sem se naučil, kako to storiti "nemogoče" in obratno paralizo, PLUS, kako sem izgubil 70 + funt v zadnjem letu in bit. Če k temu dodamo svoj "energetski facelift", vaje in kako lahko tudi naučijo:

"DOSEGANJE nemogoče"

  • Everybody's so me sprašujejo, zakaj moje hlače padajo dol! Boste lahko model moj uspeh, ko sem še naprej izgubljala težo v Parizu, scarfing določa, da vse lepo brez glutena super-svež francoskem trgu hrane. Bom naučil, kako narediti nekaj mojih najljubših yummy jedi preveč, tako da boste dobili "Gourmet Paris" in "GlutenFree" preveč.
  • Da, sem navzdol štiri velikosti in štetja. Izvedeli boste nekaj mojih dodatnih cool weightloss skrivnosti in se lahko povzpne v moji glavi videti moje telo sporočila in oblika Premik program v nastajanju. To je Practical Magic ljudje, za vsakdanje udobje in najbolje živijo.
  • Plus boste obiskali pariške restavracije, spoznala sosede in prijatelje ter zaslužiti zajemalka o znameniti mejniki in ne-slavni-a-cool pariški kraje, ljudi in stvari.
  • Boste tudi dobili, da bi PLAN svoj dan, ki ga štetje mi, če želite iti v Parizu. Bom peljal z mano -, da bomo v naslednjem najboljša stvar, da bi bilo!
  • In seveda, boste tudi izvedeli, kako doseči nemogoče v svojem življenju skozi 4 cele tedne-premika lessons LIFE, za učenje, kako zaslužiti vaš "ne more storiti, je nemogoče" v "Done = Končano". (Prihajajo izvedeti skrivnost, kaj to pomeni!) Magic opravljenega je stvar. ;-)
  • Prav tako res potrebujejo biti tukaj, če ste vedno želeli imeti super jumbo deluxe dopust za sebe in nikoli dobil eno.
  • Oh ja, bo masaže in spa stvari. In kave. In pločnik cafe ukrepanje. In prijateljice. In v živo ETHOS delavnice. In veliko in veliko energije. ;-)

Bom nazaj k vam malo kasneje na specifike, ampak če vas zanima, da bi postala zgodnji privzeti (nagrađujemo prvimi, ki se močno tukaj), se lahko pridružite "Doseči nemogoče" Izkušnje v Parizu tako, da izpolnite v tej priročni obliki. Bom gospodarstvu nekaj zelo posebnega klice in vam predogled kaj se bo zgodilo in tudi kaj ne. Samo tiste na tem seznamu bodo dobili obvestila o teh sočno brezplačne klice, zato se prijavite zdaj - Jaz bom tudi vam poslali brezplačno darilo pariškega lore!

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Oh-tako-Chic Okolica Tour

In zdaj, samo da bi mokro vaše prijaviteljev, tukaj je nekaj znamenitosti in zanimivih krajev smo se bomo obdajajo, courtesy of Google Maps:

Montorgueil je stara odprti trg območje Parizu in je blizu mojega stanovanja. To je moj novi bog, pravi hubby "Great Golden HypnoSnail". Da, francoski res ne jedo polže, čeprav moje lokalne stike sprašujem, če je postala več touristy stvar. Obstaja sedem manjših slimers, če si lahko ogledate 'em - vsak približno tako velika kot dve pesti na vrhu L'Escargot Montorgueil. In seveda The Great One. Poskus se odloči, ali iti tukaj za moj rojstni dan ali ne. Kaj pa ti misliš? Ali imam drobovje jesti, da escargot? Sam se sprašujem .... ;-)

Tukaj je moja vrata, stisnjena, saj je večina pariški vrata spredaj, med shop frontah. V tem primeru "L'Avion Rose" (gay restavracijo in igrajo na frazo "La vie en Rose" - "Pink Life", ki označuje gay kultura) in Hanano suši restavraciji. Ne bom premalo za zabavo ali hrane. Upam, da obstaja nadstropje show ...

Ampak, če dobim dolgčas, moj sosed na desni, da me lahko zagotovi z Hip Hop & Soul zapisov, striženje ali video posnetke ...

In zraven shop hip-hop Librarie Scaramouche ki zagotavljajo gledališče mask, lutk in Commedia dell'arte Errata. Jaz sem tako tekoč, da se potopite v to trgovino kot tudi Maison de la Poesie (House of Poezija) in gledališče Moliere. Wow ... in tik vrat do knjižnice prestrašiti-a-miško (citat hubby) je ...

Prehod Moliere! Gledališke sladokusce se bo veselil. Ker se bo JBear, za v neposredni bližini vrat in ne deset korakov od mojega stanovanja, je Jean-Bernard's Wine jame. Ne klet, * CAVE *. Medved je dal v nalog za dobro Beaujolais.

Tukaj je moja zanimivo po-the-street soseda, kaj web opisuje kot "Big Butch Lesbian" Unity Bar. Hura! Žensk, da imajo pijače s! Z mojim frizuro, bom fit v desno ... ;-)

To je L'Horloge Avtomatizirajte - funky konkretne plaza, ki gre skozi do naslednje ulice in vsebuje starinsko prikaže ura. In bi lahko dobim tatoo .... Ali ne ...

Shranjevanje imenovan Nag Champa! It's got da je kadila! Izgleda funky in samo na ulici. Woo!

In dol drug način masaže in kavo? Se hecaš? Tako sem tam! Wish bi jih sprejeli, ko je bila fotografija mesto odprto, tako bi lahko dobili vpogled skozi žaluzije ...

In bo na vogalu, srčkano cafe zajtrk, večerja (ob jutranji kavi je tukaj, oh yeah) in čudo čudes na ulici, kjer živim, Fromager, ali sir shop! Whee!

In na nasprotnem kotu, na zasedeni, živahno Rue Rambuteau šele čez iz Centra Georges Pompidou, lekarne so te zahteve potrebne izgubila-moja-ščetko vrsto nakupov. Želim izkušnje francoske zobno pasto, deodorant in las proizvodov. Ob Klasast las, dober izdelek je pomembno.

Marketing izbire arome in vonja so bile vedno interes. Ko sem živela v Angliji leta 1980 v, priljubljena dišava za let je bila nekaj, kar sem lahko le opisati kot "fuschia-roza gumdrop". Druga pa je bila "bambus". Nikoli nisem smrdela teh dišav v Ameriki. Prav tako sem imel nekoč "Irn Bru" (a strong & temno Scottish soda) aromatizirani zobne paste. Pass na to, če ste kdaj na voljo. Trust me.

Končno, samo čez iz Centra Georges Pompidou, je cafe Flunch spotikanje do L'Horloge Avtomatizirajte in kaj smo krstili Fabulous (če je stroga) Leteči Flunch-Mittie (za podoben naši Tosh-cat). I posreduje romanje in pustite nekaj Catnip v poklon. Jaz lahko celo kosilo v Flunch. Mogoče.

Pravkar sem izvedel (vse pohvale za Google), da Flunch je self-služi kavarno slog verige in "Če boste morali uporabiti stranišče, vzemite s seboj prejem: Kaže, WC vhod kodo, ki boste morali odkleniti vrata WC-jev. "bom koga za kaj sebi forewarned na ta račun. ;-)

To je to iz francoske fronte za zdaj. Stay Tuned za naslednji obrok na moji fantabulous stanovanje, ETHOS v Parizu, in kako lahko se mi pridružiš na svojih potovanjih, za doseganje Nemogoče!

Holiday BlissNote 2009

Četrtek, 24 december 2009, ki ga Webster Maryam

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's Holiday Maryam Hura, Shiny Presents
Vključeni, "o Obremenitve Wisdom Winter News

VSEBINA
* Holiday Hvaležnost & New Direction
* Solstice (OMG!) Call Replay, Darila & Rocky Ceste
* Francoski Iznajdljivost, Transparency Redux & My Motley Past
* Zaseden Ženske: Freebies Za Tired & Time-sestradana družino
* Preoblikovanje Orodje: evolucijski OKOLJA
* Razpoložljivost Pledge, Jaw Surgery in smo povezani?
* Starih družinskih Recepti: Organic, brez glutena Božično dobe Zdravica Bowl

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Dobrodošli na zabavi ...

To je WHACKIN "moj OGROMNO obremenitev Primo vsebine, tons'a prezzies in dohitevanja pismo za leto.

Obstaja nekaj zanimivih stvari je tukaj - zobje video, mama obrok načrtovalci, transformatorji, moj pestra preteklost, komentar na gurus in celotno košarico Božično dobe g'ifts & dobroto. Preverite indeks zgoraj za sok-faktor!

Zelo vesel Božič in Solstice ta teden za vas. Hotela sem, da vam Božično dobe čestitke, obenem pa vam pove, kako zelo sem vam hvaležen.

Globoko sem hvaležen za vse, ki so usklajene z zdaj, in se zanimajo za dvig zavesti na planetu, kot vem, ste vi. Vsaj, če ste hip se je pridružila tej skupnosti, upam, da ste v zbujam planet in širjenje zavesti val po vsem svetu. Bomo, da se delaš veliko, da se v letu 2010 skupaj, tako da se pripraviš - zabavno-krat naprej!

Oh mimogrede, naj omenim, da je v tem zadnjem letu sem vzletelo za počitek, odbijajo osvežite in Zamenjati opremo, se je spremenilo moje podjetje dobro kupčijo. Nisem pripravljen povedati veliko več šele po novem letu, vendar zavest-vložitev je definitivno smer. Več o tem kasneje ;-)

*** FREE ponovno predvajati World Solstice Ritual za preoblikovanje in Rocky Ceste Ahead ***

christmas-spirit Imeli smo neverjetno čas ponedeljek v točen čas Zimski solsticij, početje ritual obračuna iz starega, tako da v želeni in učenje, kako je vsak od naše življenje sveto in kako smo vsi duhovnik / ve v naših življenjih. Im 'ne uporabljajo, da je verski izraz, ampak duhovno eno, vsi smo tukaj kot učitelji in učenci med seboj.

Imeli smo pet lepih Priestesses of Dawn nas udeleži z blagoslovom svetega & radost, ki mi ne more začeti ubesediti. Moral bi njihova slišal - sem ponudbo Replay in TEN različnih darila smo skupaj v "Make You 2010 Leto pošteno SHINE 'paketa.

It's awesome-omako! In je na voljo za Replay, da vpijejo teh čudovitih izkušenj in tehnik, če ste mi prosim povejte svoje mnenje o nekaj res pomembnih vprašanjih:

http://bit.ly/SolsticeGiftReplay

Jaz sem, da vam služi tako veliko bolje v letu 2010, kot sem imel v preteklosti. Obstajajo lahko nekatere kamnite ceste pred za naš planet, in nekatere velike spremembe za nas kot človeška bitja. Jaz sem okrepitev v službi podporo in forearming ljudi, kot si skozi te spremembe, s čarobno vrečo, polno težav learnable orodij, ki vam pomaga izpolniti, da Big misija tvoje.

To je eden od mojih najbolj cenjenih ciljev za leto 2010.

A za to, rabim, da mi poveš, kaj si resnično želijo in morajo imeti zgodilo v vašem življenju v tem letu.

Vem, da je čas dragocen in koristen. Tako da sem pripravljen da bi bilo vredno svojega časa - tam je kup dobrote vas čaka na koncu te mavrice:

http://bit.ly/SolsticeGiftReplay

Hvala - to bo pomagalo toliko!

Od Blog: francoščina iznajdljivost, preglednost in My Motley Past

Cezanne_Harlequin Popolnoma neverjetno video francoskih študentov početje stop-motion stol ples nam kaže nov Bliss Key: Veselo sodelovanje. Ko opravljajo ta Bliss Key, Bliss Blocker da odklene je dvojen:

1) je treba takoj - tiste, ki jih je treba pravice so redko zadovoljni
2) samoosamitev, ki vodi v depresijo

Velika pozimi blues pozdravi tukaj: http://bit.ly/CheerfulCooperation

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Preglednost, Gurus, Gory Details & vedeževanje Secrets - trending temah več na blog in "okoli spletni saj James Arthur Ray sweatlodge smrti. To je del te razprave:

translucenceman Preglednost, prosojnost, ki živijo zavestno življenje - ali karkoli vam rečejo, ni le rojstvom in usodo vsakega človeka, ampak tudi naša odgovornost do prihodnosti. Naše odločitve so bistvenega pomena, vsak pomemben, celo na vzhodu ali zahodu, izbiri papirja, plastike ali bi-your-lastno, izbiri, da ostane v zavesti kljub zastrašujoče in uničevalnih dejanj neizrekljivo zlo, ali parkiranje blok proč.

Mi pričajo.

We choose with our intention and our energy the best and most evolutionary choices we can possibly make given our individual situation. Only we can make that choice, no one can do it for us. It's called taking personal responsibility and it's a Rubicon we all have to cross at some point in adult life to become fully human.

And we know that while (often intensely) impactful, our situation is not personal. Such a situation or lesson, if we choose to see it this way, is given to billions. Lessons are 100% Universal.

Thinking further on this brought me to the universals in how humans encode their experience that created The ETHOS Method.

What else is Universal? Living life asleep. And the ability to wake up, will do for a start. Spread the Wave – Consciousness will set you free. Res.

More on transparency and my motley past here: http://bit.ly/transparencysecrets

Here is the original post: http://bit.ly/translucentadvantage

And how to stay Unlimited: http://bit.ly/keepunlimitedstate

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The post that's really got folks buzzing , on spiritual abusers in our midst, offer of abuse-prevention how-to and some details of my er, motley past – comment stream is also worth a read:

http://bit.ly/resurrectingthepast

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Head's Up Moms: FREEBIES For The Tired & Time-Starved Family

cheerful-duck Moms especially will love this collection of f'ree downloadable organizer pages for your day, week, month and year. Three whole pages, about eighteen different forms in all to print and help organize the chaos of an active family! There's a fall cleaning checklist, the “Eat Sheet” for a week's worth of meals, a weekly family calendar, baby's schedule, infant babysitter checklist and more. You don't even have to sign up, just download:

http://www.mommytracked.com/downloads

There's more of the same (only different) over at http://www.cozi.com/ too. Check 'em both out!

Transformation Tool: EVOLUTIONARY ENVIRONMENTS

One of the evolutionary environments I indulge in frequently is
my back garden. From the covered deck, I can observe wildlife and
rejoice in my fur-daughters' play. I love it, and it evolves me
uniquely well.

http://bit.ly/greengardenafternoon

This is a Mellowvision vid for you to relax to. I like making panoramas as turning in place is fun. Now you see what I see every afternoon. I'm out there rain or shine, it's a must for mental health. ;-)

Enjoy!


Availability Pledge, Jaw Surgery & Are We Connected?

best-reindeer I pledge to be more available to you in 2010. For one thing, I'll be making lots of videos from now on. I've gone a bit video nutty really, as I've used my Flip Mino to exhaustion and happen to know Santa is dropping off a Kodak zi8.

(will it be aqua or raspberry? dunno…the Bear wouldn't tell)

Of interest is the fact that in the new year I'll be having jaw surgery. Not cosmetic, apparently I have really strong bones (a good thing since Mom had osteoporosis) and they're crowding my teeth too much – several teeth need to be reseated in the jaw. Yuck, yuck, yuck. It'll be gnarly, but I'll be documenting this and how I'm dealing with discomfort. We'll be doing a pain management class next year.

Interested in learning to get rid of pain? Again, let me know here:

http://bit.ly/SolsticeGiftReplay

And I'm going to be offering ways in which we can easily talk together about what's important in 2010. A few are available right now, and the team is hard at work developing more. Are we connected? I'd love it if you'd Friend me on:

Facebook: http://facebook.com/maryamwebster
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/maryamwebster
Follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/maryamwebster

Old Family Recipes for Yule: Wassail Bowl

“Wassail and wassail all over the town,
Our Cup it is white and your ale it is brown…”

– Gloucester Wassail, arr. English Traditional

The_Squire's_Toast-Wassail Wassail is a contraction of the old Anglo-Saxon phrase “wes thu hal” meaning “To Your Health”. And of course, the traditional toasting beverage of  this  “best time of the year”  ~ which in this case is a non-alcoholic hot apple cider punch we serve for the winter holidays. It is never served any other time of the year. You can twiddle the ingredients about a bit, Graines of Paradise may be hard to come by but you can substitute pink or green peppercorns or just leave it out.

Want to up the octane? Add a full bottle of mead (honey wine), barleywine or even a crisp  chardonnay to the mix, or a shot of Applejack to each mug.

To two gallons apple cider add:

15 dried dates
20 dried apple rings
1 orange cut into thin slices w/peel left on
1 lemon cut into thin slices w/peel left on
3 cinnamon sticks, whole
1tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
1″ fresh ginger, sliced thin

Handful each:
Mixed dried fruit bits
Dried Cranberries
Dried Cherries

Large pinch each:
Whole coriander seed
Whole cardmom pod, well crushed
Whole cloves
Cinnamon chips or small pieces

Small pinch each:
Allspice berries
Damascena rose petals or 1tbsp rose water
Dried barberries (can substitute 1tsp lemon juice + tbsp raisins)
Graines of paradise (or pink or green peppercorns)

Add:
1/4 – 1/2 cup brown sugar or blue agave or maple syrup, to taste

Crush all the spices and add to the cider and fruits in a large stainless steel or enameled pan. Simmer until volume is reduced by a third. When cooked down to your taste, strain through coffee filter or paper towel to remove pulp and spices. Replace a few fresh lemon, orange and apple rings and add 2 new cinnamon sticks to serve. Serve piping hot.

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How DOES it get any better…?

champagne04goldpartyhat I'll be back to you just before New Year's with some more juice for your joyous life and ways for you to live in ease, grace and joy.

For now, just keep asking: “How does it get any better than this?” Don't wait for an answer, just let it be out there, so it can return to you in wondrous ways!

All my Love & Warmest Holiday Blessings,
Maryam


Andy, Ron & Maryam's Madcap Misadventure

Sunday, December 6th, 2009 by Maryam Webster

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This is my good buddy Andy Wibbels . He lives in San Francisco and works at Six Apart, the folks who bring you TypePad, Moveable Type and Vox. We've built our businesses together and been friends for years – ever since his very first Easy Bake Weblogs class in 2003. If I had little brothers, they would be Andy and his partner Ron.

Andy btw, is holding a boxed set of Seth Godin's books that Seth sent him out of the blue this week. What a smile maker! Seth, ya scored big there. ;-)AndyMaryam6Amania

Anyway, every time Andy and I get together it ends up being like an episode of Animaniacs. All photos taken of us together show complete silliness & often caffeine-fueled manic laughter. I'm rocking the asylum here after a tour of Six Apart, and talking blogging, speaking, product and class creation and general shop.

This was after dinner…and before the cognitive dissonance that later ensued… Dinner was at French restaurant Fringale (excellent) on 3rd, and thought I'd found a great garage under the Hearst building. Just a half block from the boys' flat in the trendy part of Mission (just across the street from SFMOMA). What could be simpler? The sign said “closes at midnight” but I knew I'd be back before then.

Mind that, because assumption that people will do what they say is crucial to the madcap part of the evening. Fringale was great, even if my haricots verts were a tad underdone. The lambchop (which I have only a crappy picture of, sorry) was excellent as was the gluten-free flourless chocolate cake (like lava or mousse cake – omg) and a very perky cappucino. All in all – I'll go back and take The Bear. sf_moma_at_night

We take a beautiful ten minute walk back to Andy & Ron's place, passing through Yerba Buena Gardens and ending up in this lovely view of the SF MOMA building all lit up for the holidays. It gets all cosy back at the plantantion with Ron's enthusiastic telling of Filipino ghost stories and the mountain his family owns that sports its own hot spring and fumarole.

The time drew short so the boys were kind enough to walk me to my car. I paid the attendant and the fellows mention there's no pedestrian exit.

There was no auto egress either, and now is where we descend gently into the madcap portion of the evening.

It's a tale of roundy-ramp walking, yelling back and forth to other inmates, trapped behind their own chainlink curtains, searching for an emergency phone number or exit, finding none and finally calling 911.

I got a very nice dispatcher on the line who commiserated with me and promised not to leave us there all night. She got a car to come right away, which was amazing in a city like San Francisco on a Saturday night where there are just as likely to be knife fights, meth labs and killer disco to police. Kudos to ya, lady dispatcher.

sfcops-open-garage-door Thank you as well to the officers of SFPD car 1257 who came, laughed at us just a wee bit (all in good fun, we were laughing too by that time – in the sheer terror of relief) and sprung us by summoning the California Pizza Kitchen manager who was still at work and had his own key.

Ron and I went up the roundy-ramp to get to the bathrooms and who should we see but the clerk who took our money. “WHERE WERE YOU AND WHY DID YOU LOCK US IN” got no reply but confused burbling. He keyed us into the gents though, and came down to apologize for locking up before we'd left. By then the cops and the CPK guy had done the business and Andy had the Murano pointed out of the garage and ready to go.

Cue more hugs and agreeing that we escaped lightly considering in many cities they'd let you sit until morning. In San Francisco on a Saturday night there were surely other more serious crimes like the knife fights, meth lab explosions and serial-killer disco of the Castro sprouting like dragon's teeth on a field of bloodmeal.

But the police man and woman were prompt, professional, courteous and rescued our stranded butts. Kudos SFPD. Respect.

But the madcappery wasn't finished. After dropping the boys off at their flat I took 280 which was clear as a bell until a fog giant slapped a meaty arm down on the tarmac 'round about Pacifica, and followed it with a leg and half his body. Socked in completely up through my Woodside exit, traffic slowed to a 25 mph crawl.

Fortunately, I was listening to a really good exposé on KQED done by the Brazilian arm of GreenPeace, on the Amazon rainforest environmental scofflaws. They were kicking ass and naming names like Adidas, Nike and McDonalds. They know exactly where these companies are slashing and burning the Amazon to grow meat and leather product cattle. And they're outting the big box companies.

*yes*

I tracked the group when I got home – go here and read more:

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/busted-in-brazil100100

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/press/releases/with-just-10-days-left-to-aver

And that's about a typical Saturday night in San Francisco with good buddies, good food, good conversation and a bitchin' police force. Peace out y'all. ;-)

Transparency, Gurus, Gory Details & Telling Secrets

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 by Maryam Webster

What do you think of guru-ification of teachers, and living a transparent life? What's your take on all the “lifestyle gurus” out there preaching their own version of the Truth™, then dealing unfairly or abusively with their followers or family?

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deeintrance I had the glorious good fortune to be landed with a beautiful, dear elder as a primary spiritual teacher: Corliss “d” deLarm. You've probably never heard of him, he was a local shaman in my Missouri hometown. His behavior was above reproach and his lessons deep and evolutionary.  What I'm seeing pass for spiritual teachings today, and from far less scrupulous teachers, is pablum. The fortunate circumstances of my own learning give me a sense of the standard I have to live up to, and what I need to teach.

d's single most impactful teaching on us all was this:

“You are Love, You are Loved and You are Loving”

Simple words, but when you think about it – deep as the ocean. Everything pretty much does devolve back to love in the end, as anyone who has sat with the dying can attest. And d. would have had a conniption if he ever thought anyone saw him as a guru. Humble, loving and with enough patience and compassion to fill that ocean. That, by me, is a true spiritual teacher. And I didn't for one minute turn him into a guru. He would never have allowed it.

In commenting on a blog post on living a transparent life elsewhere, I ended up writing an article I'm reproducing here, on living an open, transparent life, the blessing divorce can be and keeping people's secrets. Here these comments are:

…I had a similar experience of divorce from my first husband in 2000. It was all about how I sucked being married to him and how very much that relationship pulled me down into the depths of our own private hell. I had to get out or face devolution.

How very empowering divorce is! We should all be allowed at least one starter spouse. <grin>

Transparency can be an uncomfortable place until we start paying more attention to inner direction rather than hooking into the persuasiveness of the painbody of those around us. Humans have a hard-wired urge to wallow in misery. Takes starch in your bonnet to get past that.   Brava for us!

Transparency for me must be 100%. When first online in the early 90′s someone threatened to “out” me from behind my screen name. Since I had nothing to hide, I outted myself and have opted for my own name over a false persona ever since. An object lesson in how other areas of life, for me at least, need to be run.  It's so relaxing not to put feverish energy into maintaining a front. ;-)

You mention transparency in business. Much of what I see in business, especially small business is not transparent, but built upon tissues of lies and airbrushing the inconvenient details to look as perfect as possible. We never have a year in the red, everything's just dandy even after the iceberg hits our ship of business, and the gaping hole is apparent to all. The worst I've seen are the gurus, who present a shiny facade but are having problems, aren't as wealthy as their press says they are, and are really NOT perfect.

No one is!

How much more attractive it is when we are able to cheerfully admit our foibles and go forward, for it places us then not in the lofty clouds of those who are icons, but with our feet firmly planted alongside the people we are meant to serve. Transparency may not seem to be sexy when you're in the trenches, but it can and does become so, and much easier and more supportive, the more you exercise the transparency muscle.

There's also an issue we've danced around here on transparency or “translucency” per Arjuna Ardagh (his book: The Translucent Revolution is a good read for folks interested in this – http://www.translucents.org ).

As a therapist and later a coach privy to extreme secrets in people's lives, I've had to be a secret-keeper for others even when choosing to live openly myself. Whether you're a professional with privileged information or not, we all have other people's secrets to treat with care and discretion.

P—'s example of her partner's carefully constructed marital facade and her desire to bore through this to live in the open is one very useful example. Sometimes the urgency to live free causes us to say things that may feel right at the time but be inappropriate, because they are others' secrets to keep, not ours to reveal.

I'm not speaking of P—'s situation in particular as I don't know her, but of the many that are similar. For example, we might know that our partner has a sexual kink that she or he doesn't want revealed in public. Or that they were involved in illegal activities as a teen. Or have a mentally ill family member. Or “secret” children from a youthful liason. None of these are our secrets to tell, no matter how bad the urge is to do so.

Primer: Bil sem poročen z moškim, ki je bila serijska drog abuser. Njegova alkoholizem je znano, da pri preizkusu etiko našega položaja, njegovo pitje je bilo nekaj, kar sem se počutil sem lahko govoril o tem, kdaj vprašal, ne da bi izdelavi nadaljnjih na druge stvari, ki jih želite ne bo znan. Ko sem napisal moj zadnji knjigi, naš odnos slikovit blago v uvodu kot enega od glavnih spodbude za spremembe sem naredil.

Treba je bilo, da opišejo položaj, ampak da to storijo na način, ki ni izdala confidences on me je zaupana.

Vsak od nas potrebuje, da ugotovimo, kaj je pravično, sočutno in etično za razkrivanje drugih osebnih podatkov. To ni nekaj, za zdravljenje v cavalier način ali za odločanje v toploto jeze in Gorčina od prekinitve razmerja.

Toliko za osebno skrivnosti, toda kaj je "krvavo podrobnosti" odnosa samega?

Včasih mislimo, saj smo bili tam in to se nama je zgodilo, da imamo pravico do objave. He-said/she-said odnosa kdorkoli je res nihče drug poslovanje, in je le redko svetlečo ali koristno v javnih razkosanjem. Seveda ne za ljudi, ki si prizadevajo živeti zavestno življenje.

Zakaj ljudje radi pokažejo "Krvav podrobnosti" v javnosti? To nam daje čustveno zadovoljstvo zaradi različnih razlogov. Ampak ne zavesti. Prav tako odprt ali pregledno življenje. Nikoli ne da.

Ogledate si lahko to v sedanjih foofooraw okoliških poročali o nezvestobi Tiger Woods ". Ali ste utrujeni od obravnave o tem? Ali ste še zanima? Kot sem opazili, zmanjšano za obresti, ki jih imate v te vrste stvari, bolj zaveda in zavestno ste nagnjeni k biti. Sedaj pa pomislite na to - je katera od ljudi, v tem primeru zavestno ali blizu zavesti? Precej manj pregledno življenje?

Jaz ploskati, kako ljudje ročaj razvezo zakonske zveze in poučevanje z izmenjavo univerzalne teme okoli njega ne da bi razkril intimne podrobnosti.

Za povečanje vaše stanje zavesti in življenja preglednosti, izberite sočutja diskrecijsko pravico v vročici trenutka. Boste sami hvala kasneje. Če se kdaj postane potrebno, lahko vedno delijo več po vrsti.

Če znaten del svojega življenja vključuje nekoga drugega skrivnosti, da razkrije njihovo (še posebej brez soglasja), je treba pripisati tako skrivnost / s, in rezultate svojega razodetja. In da se potopite nazaj v nezavedno živi. Če oseba, ki ste v prepir s želi zveste nezavedno in pod fasado, ki je njihovo poslovanje in njihove pravice.

Ko smo se začeli živeti bolj zavestno in na odprtem, je pomembno, da se spomnite, da je to naša * * izbira - ampak - nimamo pravice, da bi to odločitev za druge. To nas trnki v zaplembe, ki nas vedno sprejme nazaj.

Kdo je za življenje življenje v resnici, na prostem in naglas? In kaj so vaše misli o "Fake Gurus"?

Dve možnosti za komentarje zdaj: bodisi spodaj v polje komentar ali - na dnu strani je oranžna orodna vrstica: samo kliknite na ikono Facebook Skupnosti za objavo odgovora na Facebook, in / ali ikono Cvrkutati pošti na Twitter.

Vesel sem, da delež tega "3-in-One Easy" način za Get Your Point Of View tam zunaj. Upam, da boste uživali, in jo uporabite, da delite svoje mnenje! ;-)

ETHOS Za Loving Your Life Again

Nedelja, 23 avgust 2009 z Webster Maryam

ethos_logo Naučite se Love Your Life Again: orodja, tehnike in Coaching priti in vas zaveda, v veselju in usklajene z vaše najvišje Namen vsak dan

To je Four tedna Online razreda z BONUS 5. tedna v zasebnem, state-of--art online eCampus, s Forumi, skupnosti Center, Audio, Video posnetki in dodatnih sredstev. Facilicated z Maryam Webster, ustvarjalca energijo transformacije in Healing Open Source metode.

Razred se v celoti na spletu mesto, in v svojem tempu. Boste imeli dostop do tega razreda za celotno leto in lahko prenesete svojih sredstev, ali poslušajo / pogled online če vam je všeč

Uporaba Maryam's Everyday Bliss procesa v povezavi z zmogljivimi orodji za zdravljenje z energijo in ETHOS metoda še posebej, boste izvedeli, ta orodja:

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Poleg tega boste zgrabi tri bonuse sočno, ki sestavljajo celotno drugega razreda v tem, kako izboljšati vaše življenje in uspeh v vseh pogledih:

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Kako je lahko to zgodilo vsepovsod ... ali kjerkoli?

Torek, 14 jul 2009, ki ga Webster Maryam

Toliko se je zgodilo v zadnjem mesecu in nekaj mesecev, da je to delovno mesto več na poti dokumentarec razvoja sveta, ideje in moje nadaljnje raziskave, ki se ukvarjajo z Painbody. Obstajajo dobri spoznanja vsem tistim, ki se zanimajo za gojenje večji zavesti, trajnostno življenje, mednarodno štipendijo in osebni razvoj. To je prva potencialno bo boleče za nekatere od nas. Ampak ne skrbite, obstaja energije coaching, ki nam pomagajo vsi ukvarjajo. Globoko vdihnite ... tukaj gre ...

"... .. Svoboda!"

Ne pozabite, v filmu Braveheart, zadnjo besedo William Wallace je "... svoboda!", Saj je bil v postopku izvrševanja? Ta beseda je odmevalo v ušesih, kot Razočaran, sem gledal skupaj s preostalim svetom, grozljivih prizorov, ki prihajajo iz Irana v preteklem mesecu. Bilo je hlajenje videti ljudi, ki so peacably in preprosto zahtevali njihovo pravico do svobode govora, ki se brez koščic, strel na, pretepli in ubili.

Štiridesetimi leti, čeprav je ista stvar kot se je zgodilo tu, v Ameriki.

Ali ste dovolj stari, da se spomnimo na 4. maj 1970 Kent State Massacre ? Bil sem deset. Je ogorčen, žalostjo in prestrašeni hudiča iz mene in vsi sem vedel. Tudi moji starši in učitelji šel Zanijemio in jokal odprto. Nacionalna garda je napadel naše ljudi. Shot in ubil štiri študente na miren način protestirali krivice vietnamske vojne: Allison Krause, William Schroeder, Jeffrey Miller in Sandra Scheuer. Paralizirane drug študent, in ranjenih osem drugih.

Kent State Massacre photos

Kot je v Iranu, nekatere ubili niti niso vključeni v protest. Nacionalna garda, kot so iranski Basij, odpustili naključno v mirno dokazuje množica, sprostitev 67 krogov več kot 13 sekund. Štirje mrtvi v Ohiu. Kot rezultat, študentom nationwide, osem milijonov močan, šel na stavko, zapiranje visoke šole, šole in univerze. Kako je lahko to zgodilo tu, v Ameriki, deželi, ki naj bi bil najboljši na svetu?

Zdaj, ko vidim posnetke, ki prihajajo iz Irana in odpoklic lepo, ustvarjalno mlado življenje in smrt strašnimi na mestni ulici, da je bila Neda Agha-Soltan's ( 1 ) Neil Young " Ohio "lyric samodejno zvitkih:

»Kaj pa, če si vedel njo in

našla mrtvega na tleh ...

kako lahko zaženete, ko veš? "

neda-life_death

Če, kot sem jaz, to prinaša solze v oči, tudi kot ste prebrali, ne pozabite, da grozno in težka, saj je to, ko se to zgodi, ste čepi v težkih in zapeljivo privlačna Painbody . Spomni se, da vaše solze ne nihče nič dobrega, je vaša zavest POTREBEN v svetu, in lahko prav tako enostavno odločijo, da izklopiti.

Stop. Focus. Dihaj.

Prepoznaj Painbody narašča za krmo na vaše solze in žalosti.

Odreči odločno. S sapo, vrnitev k zavesti in center.

Dotaknite se odločno na vašem ključnico točk, timus ali

pod oči točk za pomoč, vašo vrnitev k uravnoteženosti.

Na vprašanje o sprostitvi pesem "Ohio", Graham Nash je odgovoril:

    "Štirje mladi moški in ženske so svoje življenje, medtem ko so jim bili odvzeti zakonito protestirali to nezaslišano vladnih ukrepov. Mi smo nazaj, da bo zavest živi v glavah vseh študentov, ne le v Ameriki, temveč po vsem svetu ... pozorna in pripravljena stati in štejejo ... in se prepričajte, da je pristojnost politiki ne upoštevajo prednost pred pravico do zakonitega protesta. "( 2 )

Amen, amen, amen.

Imam zelo dolgo zgodovino z Iranom. Nisem iransko, vendar pa odliko angleški študent v srednji šoli, poučeval iranskih študentov angleščino kot drugi jezik (ZOI) v poznih 1970 za pomoč preobremenjeno osebje. Sem nadaljeval poučevanje ZOI v šoli, naučili perzijščina za prvi razred ravni, in je veliko iranske prijateljev.

Kljub negativna mnenja zahodnih medijev o tej državi, sem ugotovila, Iranci, enako mešana kot katera koli kulture, čeprav pretežno prijazni, zelo inteligentni in prijazni. Plus, ki so etnično perzijske hrane kamenje. Kdo ne mara kebab, riž, sveže veggies in jogurta dip? Poleg perzijščini, sem se učil perzijske kuhinje, in da ghormeh sabzi zloben dovolj, da bi vaš perzijskih jok babica. (Really.)

Pred kratkim sem postal, vključenih v boj za državljanske pravice v Iranu po grozljivih dogodkov, ki obkrožajo njeno ukradenih volitvah. Tudi to se je zgodilo - se spomnite naši mali " visi Čadu "vprašanje leta 2000? Čeprav je bila proteste, v Ameriki, ljudje dejal: "To je grozno in sem jezen o tem, vendar na koncu ... karkoli". Naša volitvah je bil tudi, ukraden. Toda kaj zgledno milquetoasts smo bili v odgovor. Naš novi nacionalni moto bi lahko tudi bil "que serumi, serumi". Kot je za naše Bližnjega vzhoda, bratrance, je njihovo geslo pa je -

Cry "Havoc!", In naj zdrs psi vojne ...

Ne morem si zamisliti ni več vgradnjo stavek povzamem kaj se je zgodilo v Iranu, kot to slavno črte od Julius Caesar Shakespearovega - sledi ustrezno, saj je z Jadikovanje Antony's:

Da prekršaj listina se ta vonj nad zemljo
Z mrhovine moški, groaning za pokop.

Dejansko. V Iranu, ljudje so se podali na ulice in je umrl v še vedno v teku boj, za zavarovanje temeljnih državljanskih svoboščin večina Američanov samoumevno. Kolikor vidim, se z njimi strinjate ali ne, ljudje v Iranu so trdne cojones kamen. Poleg tega, kot je v revoluciji Ljudski pred tridesetimi leti, to je ženske, ki so vodi pot. Here's amazing zgodovinski video od iranske revolucije 1979, v katerem ameriški feministični Kate Millet obžaluje, da bo v letih organizirati vrsto protestov v ZDA, ki so v Iranu skliče, uspešno, v manj kot uri. Nekaj več kot enajst minut in dobro vredno gledate:

Osvobodilno gibanje iranskih žensk - Year Zero

In v veliko podporo tega trideset-year-old zgodovinski pregled, je intervju Golbarg Bashi o Sila Eisenstein, ki vodijo feministično teoretik in profesor politike na Ithaca College, NY na temo:

Feminizem v Iranu 2009

Za tiste, ki ste morda zainteresirani za enega najbolj feministične v muslimanskih državah, časovni:

Kronologija dogodkov v zvezi s Ženske v Iranu od leta 1979 do Present

Ampak nazaj v sedanjost. Ahmadinedžad je izvoljen, in Iranu izbruhne v civilnih nemirov, vladnih nasilje in umor podobno, ki ni bila priča vse od Shah je bil odstavljen leta 1979.

Mislil sem, da to Nepodnošljiv. Torej, na dan, dva Pokol Irana po volitvah, tako kot mnoge druge zadevne ljudi po svetu, I pod pogojem, dostop do predora mojega računalnika IP (naslov) na iransko bloggers in visokotonci, katerih svoboda govora je bilo drugače blokirana, ki jih tisti na oblasti.

Moj predora je trajala skoraj 72 ur (manjši čudež sem povedal, da sem) pred OP je blokiral iransko vlado. Ni važno, na stotine drugih, ki še vedno večji dostop in IP številke so opravili okoli v neskončni zanki za uporabo očividca novinarji od spredaj v Teheranu, Shiraz, Abadan, Qom, Esfahan in drugih iranskih območij.

@ Powerwriter na Cvrkutati tweeted: "Iran je značilno za celoten premik v zavesti, ki se zahteva vse nas."

Neda Agha-Soltan, victim of governmental violence in Iran

Spodbujajo jih smrti Neda Agha-Soltan in drugih protestnikom, plus iranske očividcev, katerega obupno krike na pomoč smo slišali pred internet in mobilni telefon je bil dostop odrezana, I tweeted in ponovno tweeted odprtega IP dostop predorov, prva pomoč informacije, moje nasvete o tem, kako bi se izognili post travmatskega stresa sindrom in druge uporabne predmete, za štiri dni zapored, komaj spanje. Sem se udeležil Iran Azad ( Freedom V Iranu ) shode v Palo Alto in San Francisco in več pogovorov v moj poskus, ne le razumeti, kaj je ogroženo, ampak tudi zakaj jaz osebno bil tam.

Bilo je o svobodi ... ampak je bilo tudi o nečem drugem.

Šla sem na študij Dejavna kulturna painbody (ali "supermind") na delovnem mestu in do sojenja metode premagovanje svoj vpliv. Kaj bogate izkušnje je bilo.

Bilo je dovolj izkušenj za zavest raziskovalca, od katerih so nekatere vas vabim k udeležbi na tukaj:

Duhovni Spoznanja iz Resistance

In če vas zanima, tukaj so bolj moje kratke posnetke rally:

Svoboda je v Iran - Palo Alto, CA protestni shod &

Menim, da iskreno v svobodo govora, in ko sem se naučila ljudi je bilo pri čemer strel na ulicah za zahtevne državljanske svoboščine, sem se počutil strasten potrebo, da se vključijo. Mogoče si preveč. Toda tudi če ne, vzrok Svoboda je univerzalna, in boj v Iranu, je v teku. Represija postaja hujše, vladnih kaznuje umor in državljani nimajo pravice.

To je tudi simptom boja med zavestjo in aktivno, kulturno Painbody. Zavest je zmagovit boj, planet svetu. Smo priča rojstvu-boleœih kaj Eckhart Tolle klici "New Earth". boj Irana je zelo vidni simptom tega naraščanje in transformacijo planeta.

Moj 0,02 - in govoriti za tiste, ki ne morejo:

CONSCIOUSNESS v Iranu

In insha'Allah (Bog pripravljen) po vsem svetu.

Za tiste od nas, ki želijo pomagati in jih ni, kaj lahko storimo? Ostani pri zavesti. Ostanite budni. Poslušaj z ušesi prebudil. Pričajo, pričajo, pričajo.

, Da bi jo nazaj na medi žeblji, besedo o ohranjanju zavesti v teku. Spet drugi citat iz Neil Young blog ThrashersWheat.org:

    “Neil Young's other anti-war anthem came with his group Buffalo Springfield. 'For What It's Worth' co-written by Stephen Stills in 1966. The lines:

    “Paranoia strikes deep
    Into your life it will creep
    It starts when you're always afraid
    You step out of line, the man come and take you away”

    speak of the control that the government had over the people of the United States, and how those people were feeling at the time. The chorus:

    “I think it's time we stop, children,
    what's that sound
    Everybody look what's going down”

    speaks to the listeners and tells them to evaluate the war effort in Vietnam, and how futile it is.”

Or indeed, the “war effort” or effort to create war in America, Iran, anywhere. A futile waste of time, life and our young. Beware fear, for it is Unconsciousness made manifest. Paranoia is fear personified and given power over you, to keep you unconscious.

Stop, pay attention, don't go to sleep again!

We truly cannot afford the luxury of unconscious living any more.

Wake up,

Breathe -

Live.

Remember: Any time you get caught up in shouting slogans with real fervor and deep feeling – you're deep in the clutches of the Painbody. Any time you get involved in weeping for the state of things, of lost lives, of the injustice of it all, (or in your own life) you're in the grip of Painbody.

To remain Conscious and in the place of limitless options, simply be aware of these things:

  • Who's Running You (you, your Painbody, or someone else?)
  • What You're Feeling
  • Why You're Feeling what You're Feeling  (genuine grief
    over an immediate loss, or Painbody?)

Once you ask yourself why, you have a choice in whether or not to feed into Painbody. If you choose to feed it, you will go unconscious and be acting from an unconscious place. If you choose to breathe, come back to your center and break away from the Painbody, the reward is Consciousness.

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There is much, much more to share with you but this post is long enough. In posts to come, I'll tell you about

  • a new Consciousness Blocking Syndrome I've been researching
  • a perspective on the swine flu you haven't heard
  • sex, money, the housing market and what they have in common
  • plus new info on dealing with fears of all types that will keep you conscious

Wait for it…

Se vidimo kmalu!

Alternative 10 Commandments

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 by Maryam Webster

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From friend Lisa Wilder's blog comes this great though anonymous “Alternative 10 Commandments”

Ten Other Commandments To Live By

1.  You shall not worry, for worry is the most unproductive of all human activities.

2.  You shall not be fearful, for most of the things we fear never come to pass.

3.  You shall not carry grudges, for they are the heaviest of all life's burdens.

4.  You shall face each problem as it comes. You can only handle one at a time anyway.

5.  You shall not take problems to bed with you, for they make very poor bedfellows.

6.  You shall not borrow other people's problems. They can better care for them than you.

7.  You shall not try to relive yesterday for good or ill, it is forever gone. Concentrate on what is happening    in your life and be happy now.

8.  You shall be a good listener, for only when you listen do you hear ideas different from your own.

9.  You shall not become bogged down by frustration, for 90% of it is rooted in self-pity and will only interfere with positive action.

10. You shall count your blessings, never overlooking the small ones, for a lot of small blessings add up to a big one.

~ Author Unknown

Towards A Magical Formulary

Sunday, October 26th, 2008 by Maryam Webster

What is this thing we call Consciousness?

What is being continually Aware?

What is possible with expansiveness of Presence?

What is:

out of space

out of time

no-dimensional

all-resourceful?

What is the nature of that with no limits?

Uncreate, dissolve and release what binds

Create, empower and amplify what expands

The rose opens, expansiveness beckons

Step within.


This is the essence,

of that we call ETHOS

In preparation for the courses in practical-magic-for-all I'm developing, it's been important to get the most complex of concepts reduced to the commonest of memes.

“Reducto!” the mage shouts and the dragon shrinks into a gecko.

The above is an attempt to reduce what may seem to be the compex concept of ETHOS into a compact meme, which in olden times might have been referred to as a spell, charm or incantation. These grammatic forms of learning through recitation were all ways of compressing an important amount of wisdom into the smallest most compact space possible for oral teaching – which is how learning was passed for centuries.

ETHOS is something that can and should be taught orally, by talking to people we know. Asking questions is the most powerful form of teaching, because it frees the student to come to their own conclusions, which is an essential part of stepping into Unlimted Self.

What energy, space and consciousness can you be, to share the question of ETHOS today?

Something to wonder about…